[Greenteam]

A few weeks back I was hoping to at least have a bit of luck with some of the companies around the state which were a good match for my skill set. (High tech sector)

After chasing about 15 employers with little luck I will need to re-adjust my bearings and shoot for something a bit less glamourous.

I'm glad I still have a strong back.

[vter]

The way the economy is shaping up right now, I'm not surprised-a lot of places are downsizing right now or putting on hiring freezes. Sorry to hear you're not getting any bites. Keep you chin up, be positive, and good things will come your eventually.

[flu189]

Yeah keep plugging away and hopefully you will land in the lucky slot. Even in tough times people have jobs and openings crop up which need to be filled as people move or retire. It's very easy to get frustrated and only see the bleak side, but life goes on and you have to roll with the punches. Right now it's important to be flexible and take whatever will pay the essential bills. For those already unemployed, the feds have kicked extra money to extend state unemployment benefits from 26 to 46 weeks. Even before the economy really began tanking there was already lots of competition for jobs which so many can attest to.

[GypsySoul22]

Basically I've been looking for a job since we moved to VT in September '07! I feel your pain!

I don't get many calls at all anymore. I am fed up with it but it's hard to get calls for 'low level' jobs when I have a lot of education. I guess I could leave it off the resume so Pricechopper or whoever calls me but I don't know if that will work.

Not everyone is cut out for retail. Those are the only jobs I see, even here in the 'beloved Upper Valley'

Anyhow, yes, like the others say, keep your chin up and try. That's why I do. I keep trying and I know I will be successful because I don't intent not to be!

[Greenteam]

My spirits remain high and thanks for the input.
Perhaps I'll start sending fruit baskets as follow up to my phone calls.
It's as though they get so many CV's that they take their time and perhaps wait for over-skilled workers to come along and accept lower paying work? Just saying.

[GypsySoul22]

Originally Posted by Greenteam

My spirits remain high and thanks for the input.
Perhaps I'll start sending fruit baskets as follow up to my phone calls.
It's as though they get so many CV's that they take their time and perhaps wait for over-skilled workers to come along and accept lower paying work? Just saying.

Greenteam, I understand your pain but you know, we can always look outside and see the nature and think we could be unemployed in the inner city.

While I sit and wait for the phone to ring, I watch reruns of Good Times and All In The Family (cheerful times the 1970s...) and think at least I can take a nice walk and clear my head here in Vermont instead of worrying about the problems unemployed people in Chicago and Queens had!

Poor Mike Stivic and James Evans!

See, these forums can be 'cheerful' if we only spin the problems into positives!!!

[mustmove]

I just walked to the mailbox to post a letter and despite my icy driveway(thats what yak traks are for) it is so pleasant out. Cold crisp air not a whiff of industry anywhere. So dang pretty, and if lived in the city I'd be sitting in a cubicle or traffic yuck.

[GypsySoul22]

Originally Posted by mustmove

I just walked to the mailbox to post a letter and despite my icy driveway(thats what yak traks are for) it is so pleasant out. Cold crisp air not a whiff of industry anywhere. So dang pretty, and if lived in the city I'd be sitting in a cubicle or traffic yuck.

Why not buy some rock salt or sand and support the local economy? You can give the guy down at the local feed and seed a boost once in awhile. Maybe he can get off his duff after amiably chatting with the locals over a game of checkers and get up for a few minutes? It's good exercise and it's good for Vermont!

[mustmove]

I'll have to ask but some VT towns don't mind the locals taking an occassional bucket of sand from the town supply. Nice to get to chat with the local road crew and catch all of the town gossip and get a small stash of sand for the driveway. Thanks for reminding me about sand- it is the friendliness of Vermonters that makes living in all this beauty so grand.